Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae
Synonyms: Amphiperasidae Gray 1853, Amphiperatidae Gray 1853, Amphiperatinae Gray 1853
Parent taxon: Cypraeoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005, Dolin 2015, Dolin and Aguerre 2018, Ladd 1977, MacNeil 1960, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Cypraea bayerquei, Cypraea fresnoensis, Cypraea oakvillensis, Cypraeidae, Eocypraeidae, Eratoidae, Ovula martini, Pediculariidae, Triviidae, Velutinidae
Subtaxa: Aclyvolvinae Calpurnus Crenavolva Cymbovula Cyphoma Dentiovula Hiatavolva Ovulinae Primovula Prionovolva Prionovolvinae Procalpurnus Prosimnia Simniinae Volva Volvini
Type: Ovula
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), Bermuda (1), Italy (3), Morocco (1), Papua New Guinea (2), United States (6: California, Florida, South Carolina), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (3)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Costa Rica (1), Fiji (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (5), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Spain (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (3), France (1), Germany (1), New Zealand (1), Panama (1), Poland (1), United States (4: Florida)
• Oligocene of France (2), United States (3: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Australia (1), France (4), Italy (1), New Zealand (2), United States (15: Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 85 collections including 106 occurrences